---
name: "Jane Galloway Heitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-galloway-heitz"
fi1m_id: "jane-galloway-heitz"
imdb_id: "nm1886964"
tmdb_id: 5607
wikidata_id: "Q98094983"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 September 1941"
died: "13 November 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:25:11.608196+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jane Galloway Heitz

## Identity

Jane Galloway Heitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jane-galloway-heitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jane-galloway-heitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm1886964
- **TMDB ID:** 5607
- **Wikidata ID:** Q98094983
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98094983, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1886964/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5607

Actor. Born 18 September 1941 in Minneapolis. Died 13 November 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 September 1941, Minneapolis
- **Died:** 13 November 2019
- **Also known as:** Jane A. Galloway Heitz
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98094983, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1886964/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5607

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Straight Story*](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md) (88)

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## Biography

Jane Galloway Heitz was an American actress and casting agent. Born in Minneapolis on 18 September 1941, she worked for many years in Chicago as a casting director, where she helped launch the careers of actors including Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Richard Kind and Eric Stonestreet. She sold her agency in 1997 to concentrate on acting.

Heitz made her feature-film debut as Dorothy in David Lynch's *The Straight Story* (1999). She later appeared in small roles in films such as *Just Visiting* (2001) and *I Know Who Killed Me* (2007), and in guest parts on television series including *ER*, *Grey's Anatomy*, *Monk*, *The Big Bang Theory*, *Glee* (as Lillian Adler) and *Shameless*. She died on 13 November 2019 in Highland Park, Illinois, aged 78.

*Sources: rottentomatoes.com, imdb.com, chicago.suntimes.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Straight Story* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Dorothy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blood Shot* (2013), as Gertrude - Internal Affairs
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Claire — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Glee* (2009), series, as Lillian Adler — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Moonlight* (2007), series, as Elderly Woman
- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), series, as Mildred — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-big-bang-theory.md)
- *I Know Who Killed Me* (2007), as Irma Beck
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Annie's Mom — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Saleswoman
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Essie, Wife
- *Just Visiting* (2001), as Dinah
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Customer
- *The Straight Story* (1999), as Dorothy — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, as Nurse Ashley
- *ER* (1994), series, as Pearl Gellin — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Crime Story* (1986), series, as Bartender

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